Patna, Jan. 18 -- Facing criticism over the deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar, state DGP S.K. Singhal claimed that the situation now is better than during previous DGP Gupteshwar Pandey's tenure.

Singhal took charge as Bihar DGP on September 22 after previous DGP Pandey took VRS to contest the Bihar Assembly election. However, he did not contest elections after the Janata Dal (United) denied a ticket to him.

"I have taken over charge as DGP in September. When you compare the crime graph of October 2020 with October 2019 and during the tenure of same period of other months with previous year, the crime graph is lower," Singhal said.

"Why would you not point out crime data of 2019 when the department had registered a high...